Καλλάτις - Stephanos Ethnika

Καλλάτις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #30
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 348.19 | Billerbeck: Κ30
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count: 48
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) ζ (7,6,1 [C 319,6])
Entities: Καλλατίς (Callatis) [place], Πόντος (Pontus) [place], Καλλατιανός (Callatian (citizen of Callatis)) [person], Τραλλιανός (Trallian (from Tralles)) [people], Σαρδιανός (Sardian (from Sardis)) [people], Ἴστρος (Ister) [person], Καλατιανός (Callatian (epithet)) [person], Ὀλβία (Olbia / Olbian) [place], Ἴωνες (Ionians) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: In which a 'kalathos' (basket) was found, resembling those of the Thesmophoria.; Place Transfer: It seems to be from Kallatia, like 'Olbian' (i.e. deriving from Olbia).; Morphological Composition: Unless it has arisen from the Ionic genitive form of Καλλατίος (i.e. a morphological formation).
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Κάλλατις, πολίχνιον ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τοῦ Πόντου, Στράβων ἑβδόμῃ. ὡς κάλαθος εὑρέθη ἐοικὼς τοῖς θεσμοφοριακοῖς. ὁ πολίτης Καλλατιανός, ὡς Τραλλιανός Σαρδιανός· ἀφ´ οὗ Ἴστρος Καλλατιανὸς περὶ τραγῳδίας γράψας καλὸν βιβλίον. ἔοικε δ´ εἶναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Καλλατία ὡς Ὀλβιανός, εἰ μὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ἰωνικῆς γενικῆς γέγονε τῆς Καλλάτιος.

Kallatis: a small city on the coast of the Black Sea. Strabo, book 7. Where a basket was found similar to those used at the Thesmophoria. A citizen is a 'Kallatianos' (just like 'Trallianos', 'Sardianos'), as per Istros Kallatianos who wrote a fine book about tragedy. It looks like it is from 'Kallatia' (as in 'Olbianos'); perhaps it has emerged from the Ionic genitive 'Kallatios'.

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Herodian 1.103

char LCS 89 (34.5%) · word LCS 15 (31.9%)

Stephanos

Κάλλατις, πολίχνιον ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τοῦ Πόντου, Στράβων ἑβδόμῃ. ὡς κάλαθος εὑρέθη ἐοικὼς τοῖς θεσμοφοριακοῖς. ὁ πολίτης Καλλατιανός, ὡς Τραλλιανός Σαρδιανός· ἀφ´ οὗ Ἴστρος Καλλατιανὸς περὶ τραγῳδίας γράψας καλὸν βιβλίον. ἔοικε δ´ εἶναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Καλλατία ὡς Ὀλβιανός, εἰ μὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ἰωνικῆς γενικῆς γέγονε τῆς Καλλάτιος.

Herodian

…ρίας. τὸ δὲ Ῥακῶτις—οὕτως ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο—καὶ Λιμενῶτις χερρόνησος Κελτικὴ προπερισπᾶται ὡς ἀπὸ ἀρσενικῶν εἰς 'ης' γενόμενα. * Τὰ εἰς 'τις' ὀνόματα πόλεων πολυσύλλαβα τῷ 'α' ἢ 'ο' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, Κάλλατις πολίχνιον ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τοῦ Πόντου. Στράβων ἑβδόμῃ· ὡς κάλαθος εὑρέθη ἐοικὼς τοῖς θεσμοφοριακοῖς. Ναύκρατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ Μιλησίων τότε θαλασσοκρατούντων ὡς Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. Ὀνείβατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. Ἰαγξούατις πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἄβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Κρ…